767 results for “General Electric”, page 4 of 39
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming · April 7, 2014
Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. Prod. Liab. Trust (2014)
The district court granted summary judgment to Gardner Denver, Bechtel, FMC, CBS (Westinghouse's successor) and General Electric, ruling against the estate of H. Paul Johnson, because no evidence tied any of their asbestos to him…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · March 13, 2008
Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008)
Wayne Woody, an insulator, and his wife Rebecca sued dozens of companies after he was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2006; he died shortly after the suit was filed. In 1979 the Woodys had sued 25 companies over his asbestosis and settled in…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · June 22, 2017
Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2017)
Joseph Morris worked as a shipbuilder at the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard in Maryland from 1948 into the 1970s and died of mesothelioma in 2015. His wife, children and the representative of his estate sued Foster Wheeler and other…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · May 13, 2019
Rogers v. Nosroc Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…Steinaker, Norfolk; DuPont Seaford plant, Seaford machinist mate USS Moale Newport 1966-1967; machinist mate performing pump maintenance USS Steinaker Norfolk 1967-1970; housekeeping DuPont Seaford plant Seaford 1966, 1970-1973; general construction, builder 1973 onward
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · October 3, 2017
Devries v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2017)
Roberta Devries and Shirley McAfee, widows of two deceased Navy veterans, sued several equipment manufacturers in Pennsylvania state court. They alleged their husbands contracted cancer from asbestos exposure on Navy ships, and in McAfee's case the…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · March 19, 2019
Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries (2019)
…Foster Wheeler, Ingersoll Rand, General Electric) and sent the case back so the District Court could reconsider under the Court's own duty-to-warn test, which favored the veterans' families. In maritime tort law, a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 21, 2022
Morales v. Anco Insulations Inc. (2022)
Oscar Morales, Sr. sued Avondale and other defendants in federal court in Louisiana, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working as a tacker at Avondale from 1970 to 1973. He alleged exposure from turbines and insulation,…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · March 23, 1993
Miller v. American President Lines, Ltd. (1993)
…suppliers under comparative fault, and otherwise affirmed the judgment for the plaintiff estate. Punitive damages are not available in a general maritime law unseaworthiness action for the wrongful death of a seaman. Indemnity and contribution among…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 31, 2007
Graves v. Riverwood International Corp. (2007)
…trial, leaving the plaintiffs' verdict in place (general damages cut by the trial court from $4,500,000 to $3,000,000). A worker's tort claim against his employer vests when significant asbestos exposures occur…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · June 26, 2016
Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (2016)
Vernon Rublee died of mesothelioma in 2015. He had worked as a machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 1965 to 1980, where other workers mixed and applied asbestos-containing refractory products called Insulag and Panelag around the steam…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · February 25, 2005
Rehm v. Navistar International (2005)
James Rehm, a millwright employed by Rapid Installation from about 1975 to 1982, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2001 and died in 2002. He, and later his wife as executrix and his children, sued sixteen companies that owned the facilities where…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 30, 2021
Pizarro v. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (2021)
Renato Pizarro and his wife sued NASSCO, Pep Boys and other companies, alleging his mesothelioma came from asbestos exposure. The opinion describes two sources. One was the Navy overhaul of the USS Bristol County, where plaintiffs say NASSCO removed…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 3, 2013
Ambruso v. Goulds Pumps (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2013)
…D. Roosevelt electrical engineer 1950s-1980s; shipfitter and seaman in the United States Navy Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn 1940s; shipfitter and seaman in the United States Navy USS Chicago 1940s; insulator 1950s-1990s; general laborer, bus…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 8, 2010
Horn v. A.W. Chesterson Co. (In re Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2010)
Ten asbestos cases, brought by plaintiffs represented by the same law firm, were assigned to one New York County judge for trial. Eight of the plaintiffs, alleging mesothelioma, asked the court to consolidate their cases into three groups for joint…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · November 9, 2021
Data v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
Darlene Data sued many companies in her own right and as executrix of her husband Michael Data's estate. Mr. Data served in the Navy aboard the USS Newport News from 1969 to 1973. He later worked at Mesta Machine and then at the West Pittsburgh…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · July 22, 2015
Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015)
Dennis Baumgartner, an Ohio man diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2013, and his wife Gail sued many makers of valves, boilers and turbines in Rhode Island. He had worked as an insulator and insulator helper at jobsites in Ohio and, occasionally,…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · June 4, 2004 · in the opinion
Wajer v. Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (2004)
…independent contract." Cutlip, 22 Md. App. at 683. The necessary control under § 343 is analogous to the control under § 414. Wells v. General Electric Co., 807 F. Supp. 1202, 1211 (D. Md. 1992). As discussed, supra…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 26, 2013
Baiocco v. AC & S., Inc. (2013)
…s Mate and fire control mechanic United States Navy and shipyards 1950s-1980s; signalman Boston & Maine Railroad 1950s-1980s; Pipe Coverer United States Navy 1950s-1980s; winder General Electric Schenectady 1950s-1980s; bricklayer factories, churches, schools…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · January 6, 2006
Combs v. Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. (2006)
…not apply here. Statute of Limitations; Wrongful Death and Survival; Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: General Electric Appliance Park worked at the Appliance Park General Electric Appliance Park 1973-1999
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · April 13, 2007
White v. Cardinal Industrial Insulation Co., Inc. (2007)
…Liability, and Workers' Compensation; Wrongful Death and Survival Worksites: General Electric Appliance Park; General Electric Appliance Park, Louisville production worker, maintenance, and pipe-fitter General Electric Appliance Park Louisville early 1950's through mid-1990's